Sep 17 (3) Pat's words 2021_07_09

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be no/without rhyme or reason
This memo has no rhyme or reason. There seems no rhyme or reason
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doen't make any sense
verbatim
I don’t think I will read the whole thing verbatim to you. She had an amazing memory and could recall verbatim quite complex conversations.
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in a way that uses exactly the same words as were originally used
germ
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a very small organism that causes disease
to fly off the handle
He's extremely irritable - he flies off the handle at the slightest thing
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to get angry really quickly
intermittent
intermittent rain an intermittent noise Although she made intermittent movie appearances, she was essentially a stage actress.
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not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with periods in between
to go from zero to hundred
If you keep playing with me I am going to go zero to hundred real quick
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go from calm to angry in seconds
to berate
As he left the meeting, he was berated by angry demonstrators. Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news.
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to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone
to have a fight / argument
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to have a row (row UK)
to go berserk / to go ballistic
he will go ballistic if bureaucrats attempt to meddle in his decisions
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to become angry / fly into a rage
to call a spade a spade
to call a fig a fig and a trough a trough
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to say the truth about something, even if it is not polite or pleasant
eager
the children's eager faces She sounded very eager to meet you. They crowded around the spokesperson, eager for any news. I am eager for news about them.
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wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable
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